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Ukraine latest updates: Erdogan warns of ‘another Chernobyl’

Turkey’s Erdogan warns of a potential catastrophe at Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan and UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres shake hands after a joint news conference
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan and UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres shake hands after a joint news conference following their meeting in Lviv, Ukraine August 18, 2022 [Gleb Garanich/Reuters]
By Usaid Siddiqui and Linah Alsaafin
Published On 18 Aug 2022

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  • Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says his country was worried of “another Chernobyl”, amid ongoing fighting at the Zaporizhzhia power plant in Ukraine during a trilateral meeting on Thursday with Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and UN chief Antonio Guterres.
  • Zelenskyy has urged the United Nations to “ensure” the security of Europe’s largest nuclear power plant which is currently under Russian control.

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